Wire-rope block.



UNTTED STATES l OFFICE.

v LUTHER FULTON,GEORG E JAMES SCRIMSHAW, AND WILLIAM MCDANIEL SNYDER, OF SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. I

WIRE-ROPE BLOCK.

To all whom itmay concern:

ABe it known that we, WILLIAM L. FUL- TON, GEORGE J.' ScnIMsHAW,'and WILLIAM MCD. SNYDEmcitizenS of the United States, residing at Savannah, in the county of Chatham and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vire-Rope Blocks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in blQcks or sheave supports for ropes, more particularly for wire ropes, and has for one Object to provide a simply constructed de.- vice ofthis character wherein provision is made for repairing and replacing broken or impaired' parts without discarding the'remaining portions of the device.

- Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character wherein provision is made for detaching the suspension means without removing the sheave or other parts. Another object of the invention is to improvet-he construction and increase the effibinations of the parts that we shall ciency and utility of devices of this character. Y

W'ith these and other objects in view as will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel constructions, arrangements and comhereinafter fully describe and claim.

or a full understanding of the inventioreference is to be had to the following des iption and accompanying drawing in which:

Figure l is a side elevation of the improved device; Fig. 2 is asection on the line 2*2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a perspective y'iew of the upper portion of the casing;V

Fig. 4: is a perspective view of the filler strip detached; Fig. 5 1s a detail view of a portion of one of the casing members;

Fig. 6 is a detail illustrating a modification in the manner of securing the pin in the sheave.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description'and indicated in all the views of the drawing by the same reference characters.

The improved device comprises in general a two-part casing represented conventionally at 10 united by 'clamp bolts 1l and supporting the rope she-ave 12 between them.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led July 11, 1911.

Patented Aug.. e, 19512. Serial No. 638,637.

The casing members 10 are each provided with an outwardly projecting annular boss 13 and each boss reduced at the inner end to forman ,annular bearing shoulder f 14.

By this arrangement two outwardly- `open-v` bushings 15. The bushings are preferably of case hardened steel and form bearings` fora pluralitypf anti-friction rollers 16.

bearing pinl having laterally projecting journals 17 for engaging the rollers, the pin .The sheave 12 is provided with a central..

being preferably rigidly connected in .the

sheave and revolving therewith. Any suitable means may be employedfor securing the pin Ain the sheave, but the Vcentralkportion of the pin will preferably be formed square and slightly tapered as represented at 18 and fitting in a correspondingly tapered aperture in the sheave. If preferredv however, the pin may be secured in the sheave by an ordinarykey 19 as represented in Fig. 6.

At its outer end each of the bosses 13 is internally threaded to receive a holding plate 20, and theccenter of each holding plate is cut out to receive a bearing 'plate 21 of brass or like metal or compound, against which the outer ends of the journals 17'- of the pin bear to reduce the friction and prevent the parts from becoming abnormally heated. Each of the plates 20* is provided with a cavity 22 to receive a pin wrench to enable'the plates to be inserted and removed. By this simple arrangement the sheave is supported for rotation against the anti-friction rollers 16, and the latter maintained inposition by the shoulders 14.- and the plates 20.

The confronting faces of the ycasing members 10 above the sheave 12 are cut away as shown at 23, the cutaway portions ext-ending from one edge of the casing members 10 to a point slightly beyond the center as indicated in Figs. 1 and 5. Formed `at the lower ends of the cut-away portions are grooves or channels 25, the channels opening inwardly, and the cutaway portions opening upwardly, as shown. The cutaway portions are designed to receive kthe shank member of an eye bolt 2st, while the grooves 25 are designed to receive the head 2G of the eye' with ropes of any material, but

bolt. By this arrangement it will be obious that the eye bolt may be inserted from one side of the casing by simply inserting the head 26 in the inwardly opening. chan-v nels 25 and the shank of the bolt in the cutaway portions 23. The .cutaway portions and the channels, as before stated, extend to a point slightly beyond the center 'of the casings .so that when the eye bolt is arranged in position, it will suspend the 'casing centrally of the same as shown.k A .filler strip 27 is'v provided for insertion into the channels 25 and the parts of the cutaway portion not occupied by the bolt. lI he channels 25 are so located that one of the apertures. of one ofv the clamp bolts 11 cuts through they lowerportions of the channels and the ller member 27 is provided with a netch to engage a. simple means Jfor lockingthe filler' block in .posit-ion when the bolt is, applied. By this simple arrangement it willbe obvious that the eye bolt may be readily detached by simply releasing one of'the'blts 11 and removing -the iiller block.

' The improved device is a laterally enlarged terminal and engaging by the shank in the cutaway portions and by the head in the channels, and a iiller member engaging 1n the cavities produced by the cutaway portions and in the channels, clamping means operating through said body members and a rope sheave mounted for rotation between said body members.

over the bolt and thus form' 2L In a rope block two gaging :tace tov acefthe confronting faces? of the body members being reduced to re?" ceive acable sheave and cut away at vthe top at onel slde of the center and with channels 1n the cutaway portions,.an eye bolt including a shank -having a laterally enlarged ter'- minal and engaging by the shank in the cutaway portions and by the-head in the channels', a filler member engaging in the cavitiesproduced by. the cutaway portions and in the channels and with a transverse-recess in itslower face, and clamping means operating through said body members and engaging in the recess of theiiller member.

3. A rope block comprising two body members engaging tace'to face and with recesses in their confront-ing faces, said recesses having inwardly opening channels, a

sheave mounted between said body members, f

a suspending member including a shank for entering said recesses and laterally enlarged to engage iny said channels, a filler member fit-ting in the recesses and bearingv against the suspendingmember andprovided with ribs engaging in said channels, ing means operating through said vbody members. 4. A rope block supporting a cable sheave and having a lateral recess in its upper part with inwardly directed channels in the sides of the same, a suspending member including a shank to enter the recess and laterally enlarged to engage in the channels, a ller member fitting 1n the recess and bearing against the suspending member and pro-- vided with ribs engaging in said channels, and clamping means operating through said block.

Intestimony whereof, we aiiiX our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM LUTHER FULTON. [1.; 8.] GEORGE JAMES scanrsniw. [as] WILLIAM MGDANIEL SNYDER. [11.8.] Witnesses: v i

N. J. PETERS, M. J. EGAN, Jr.

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